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The best watch band for the Apple Watch Ultra: birchtree.me
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mattbirchler/9805477","date_published":"2020-06-16T00:21:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Birchler","url":"https://birchtree.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmattbirchler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mattbirchler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-16 00:21","date_timestamp":1592266912,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9805476","content_html":"@Gabz Haha I hope so too! The good news is the assets are so high quality now it might actually be way easier to get good images to work with 😁
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mattbirchler/9778479","date_published":"2020-06-08T10:54:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Birchler","url":"https://birchtree.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmattbirchler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mattbirchler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-08 10:54","date_timestamp":1591613673,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9777405","content_html":"@bradleychambers It’s a mini bunt cake, which my wife tells me is very cool. It’s definitely tasty 😋
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/mattbirchler/9777405","date_published":"2020-06-07T23:53:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Matt Birchler","url":"https://birchtree.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmattbirchler%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mattbirchler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-06-07 23:53","date_timestamp":1591573983,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"9767523","content_html":"@cjkonecnik Thanks! It’s not an iPhone shot though, this one was from a Sony RX100.
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\n\nAlso how historic do you want to go with the name? They are “pod”casts because they were primarily played on iPods. The word is definitely fluid.
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